River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL

SENATE Feb. PA confer
ence report on the pension appropriation
/ bill was presented and agreed to. The
\ pluero pneumonia bill was taken up, and
Mr. Mcpherson moved to lay it aside and
/ take up the Pacific r. +, investigation bills.
Voted down, yeas ~, nays 81. The vetoed
pension bill Of b. :. Hopkins was passed
over the veto, % to q, but because Mr..
! Frye stated some new facts that had never
I been presented TO the pension office or
made known to the President. During the
week the President has signed 81 private
pension bills and vetoed three.
HOUSE, Feb. 23-The conference re-
! port on the close of the mackeral season
was agreed to. In committee of the whole
/ the postoffice appropriation bill was consid
/ cred. and the Senate addition of $4,000 for
/ the South American service WAS rejected,
and so reported TO the House.
SENATE, Feb. 24-The Senate asked
a conference on the fisheries retaliation bill
/ and Messrs. Edmunds, Frye and Morgan
were appointed on the conference The
4 pIeurO pneumonia bill was practically fin
( ished. The bill appropriates Sl,OOO,OOO for
/ two years and the President may appoint
commissioners without the necessity of con
frmation by the Senate
House. Feb. 24-The motion to pass
the dependent pension bill over the veto
was put before the House, and long dis.
cuSsion ensued, Messrs. Conger, Iowa, War
ner, No, Bayne, Bragg, Wis, Henderson
and Hepburn. Iowa, Warner, Ohio, MoTri-
son and Springer taking part, The veto
was sustained, Yeas 1T5, Nays l25, not two
thirds in the affirmative. The bill origin
ally passed $50 70 20.
SENATE. Feb. 25-Mr. Ingalls,, by
party vote was elected President protein of
the Senate. Thu vote stood, Ingalls,, Rep,
30: Harris DEM 26 The Senate worked
away at the pleuro-pneumonia bin. with
more zeal than wisdom, and then dropped
| it in a crude unfinished stage. An evening
session was held and the Pacific railroad
investigation matter was extensively dis
cussed and finally a substitute was put in
[ form and passed and conference asked,
Messrs Hoar, Evarts and Pugh be ug ap-
pointed for that purpose.
HOUSE. Feb. 25-The confer re-
port on the retaliation bills was agreed to
aud Messrs. Belmont, Rice and Clements
appointed conferrees. The conference re
I port on the invalid pension bills was agreed
TO. The Senate bill tOestablish agricultural
! experimental stations was passed, yeas l52,
NAYS II. The naval appropriation bill was
considered by the committee IF the whole
Mr. BOutellc's motion 10 strike out the item
! OF 81 900, 600 for two timber dry docks, was
iost An amendment was adopted APP
propriatiag SlO0.00O for repairs TO the Hart
Z ford KearSarge. Trenton, S,warta. Thetis,
Nepsid, Richmond and Enterprise Bill
not finished. {. II. Page. just elected from
/ the end Rhode Island district was sworn in
and took his seat. and viii be congress
man for seven days.
SENATE Feb. 26.-The postoffice
conference committee reported further dis
\ agreement on the South American subsidy
and q further conference was ordered.
! The consular and diplomatic appropriation
bin was considered and With some slight
/ tinlering. called amendments, it was pass
ed. The agricultural appropriation blu
passed and the senate agreed 10 the confer
| ence report on the Indian appropriation
bill The bill TO reimburse the Freedman 5
bank depositors passed, 81 to g.
HOUSE. Feb. 20 The naval appro-
priation bail was finished by the committee
Of the whole and reported to the House, and
passed Isl TO IL.
SENATE. Feb. 2S-The vote stood
50 to p on the motion by Mr.. Dawes to re-
consider the vote by which the Edmunds
substitute for the pleur9- pneumonia bill
passed After GONE amendments, the
chief being the application Of the bin to